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Why might elderly people need lower doses of medicines tnan normal?
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∙ 11y ago
Elderly people have agreater risk of a build up medicines in their body tissues because the liver is less efficient at breaking medicines down and the kidneys are less efficient at excreting them.
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∙ 13y ago1.Hepatic Impairment
2.Renal Impairment
3.High rates of side effects
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